As today is the 7th of the month, we will meditate on an extract from the “Message of God the Father” to Sister Eugenia Ravasio. The great theme running through this Message is God’s love for us and our love for Him. This theme is particularly important nowadays, since in the Church today the primacy […]
Phil 3:8-14 Reading from the memorial of St. Bruno Yes, I will go further: because of the supreme advantage of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, I count everything else as loss. For him I have accepted the loss of all other things, and look on them all as filth if only I can gain Christ
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Lk 10:38-42 ‘In the course of their journey he came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and said,
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Lk 10:25-37 ‘And now a lawyer stood up and, to test him, asked, ‘Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?’ He replied, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
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In today’s meditation, I would like to talk about the Holy Rosary, since the month of October is often called the “month of the Rosary”. The Holy Rosary, also called the “psalter of the Virgin Mary”, is one of the best known and most beloved prayers in the Catholic Church. In various apparitions, Our Lady
Mt 18:1-5.10 Reading of the memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels ‘At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and
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Mt 18:1-5 Gospel on the Feast Day of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them.Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you
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Mt 13:47- 52 Reading corresponding to the memorial of St. Jerome Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that is cast in the sea and brings in a haul of all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fishermen bring it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in baskets
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Rev 12:7-12 And now war broke out in heaven, when Michael with his angels attacked the dragon. The dragon fought back with his angels, but they were defeated and driven out of heaven. The great dragon, the primeval serpent, known as the devil or Satan, who had led all the world astray, was hurled down
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Lk 9:51-56 ‘Now it happened that as the time drew near for him to be taken up, he resolutely turned his face towards Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he was
